Backend Engineer - Media Streaming

<div><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>SoundCloud empowers artists, tastemakers and fans to connect and share through music.

Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is a creator-first platform helping artists build and grow their careers by providing them with the most advanced tools, services, and resources.&nbsp;With over 4x the music catalog of every other major streaming platform, spanning 40+ million artists across 190+ countries, SoundCloud is where emerging artists find their sound, hidden gems are discovered, and music culture is shaped in real time.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;>SoundCloud is </span>looking for a software engineer to join our Media Streaming Team, with a mission to operate a media streaming platform at global scale, delivering the best possible audio experience to creators, listeners, and partners alike.

We are handling petabytes of data and gigabytes per second of traffic.

You will join a tightly-knit team where you will help shape how millions of people experience music. </span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><a href=&quot;https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog&quot;>Read about engineering at SoundCloud</a></span></p> </div> <p><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Contribute to building, scaling and maintaining backend APIs and services that serve millions of users</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Collaborate closely with Android, iOS, web, and full-stack engineers to deliver seamless end-to-end media experiences</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability of SoundCloud’s services</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Debug complex issues across systems, ensuring a consistent experience for users globally</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and roadmap planning</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Be part of on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and availability of SoundCloud’s systems</span></li> </ul> <p><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><strong>Experience and Background:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>4+ years of experience in building and operating large-scale backend or distributed systems</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Proficiency in Go</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Experience with cloud-native environments such as AWS or GCP</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Experience with microservices, SQL/NoSQL databases, and container technologies</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>You care about the craft of software engineering: continuous delivery, defensive programming, automated testing, clean code principles</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>You have a strong sense of ownership and are comfortable navigating ambiguity in fast-moving environments</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>You bring a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> </div> <p><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Experience designing APIs and backend services consumed by multiple client platforms</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Experience with Scala or other functional programming languages</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Knowledge of API communication patterns (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL)</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Exposure to media streaming, playback, audio engineering or adjacent domains</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Familiarity with audio/video codecs, streaming protocols (HLS, DASH), and transport container technologies</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;>Experience using AI-assisted development tools and a strong intuition for their strengths, weaknesses, and emerging opportunities</span></li> </ul> <h4><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><strong>About us:</strong></span></h4> <ul> <li style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;>We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;>We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;>We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard.</span></li> <li style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;>We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities</span></li> </ul> <h4><span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; 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